Nvidia 581.42 driver brings optimizations for Battlefield 6 and DLSS 4 for FBC: Firebreak

Nvidia has released a new graphics driver under version 581.42 WHQL. Today's release brings DLSS 4 support and optimizations for two games: Battlefield 6, which will be released on October 10, and FBC: Firebreak, which was released in June and is currently available on Steam during the Autumn sale.

As usual, the update introduces several gaming fixes:

• Battlefield 2042: Increased GPU Crashing when calling CDXGISwapChain::Present()
• Forza Horizon 4: light flickering on RTX 50 series
• Planet Coaster 2: crashes after driver update
• FPS significantly drops when using Smooth Motion with RivaTuner FPS cap
• R580 drivers are causing stuttering in games using the GODOT engine

And here is the list of general fixes:

• Adobe After Effects / Premiere Pro: crash on launch when Smooth Motion is enabled globally
• Adobe Premiere Pro: Some system configurations can freeze during export using hardware encoding
• When Video Noise Reduction is enabled, the chroma is grayscale

If you want to upgrade your graphics driver to the latest version, beware of the following known bugs:

• Counter-Strike 2: Text may appear slightly distorted when in-game resolution is lower than the native resolution of the display
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: Light flickering after driver update on some system configurations

Nvidia 581.42 WHQL is available on 64-bit systems with Windows 10 and 11 and the following graphics cards:

You can download driver 581.42 WHQL from the official Nvidia website or the Nvidia app. Release notes are available here (PDF).

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Posted Wednesday 1 October 2025 at 6:42 am AEST (my time).

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